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Just desserts

When the war finished, one or two of the officers got thrown in the water by the women. There was a scuttle...

Listen to me Mary

My brother, 6 years older than me, was in the army. General Alexander's army in Cassino where there was...

Black Outs in Amsterdam

My name is Marmix Van Schelren and this is a quick story about my mother, Irma Vansen, when she lived in...

Gunner George Arthur Wilson-Part 3

Prior to the war, dad had worked in Locke Park, Barnsley, Yorkshire. He was fortunate to find employment...

my dad

I married and had five children and dad kept in touch and by then we were great pals and i adored him...

under thr train

Wartime in Weymouth

Here she helped with the refugees from war zones such as: Belgium, France and Holland... Soon after I...

'You Have To Go, That's That'

I had lots of brothers and sisters, but they were in the Army, Navy and the RAF... We lived in Lancashire...

My mother's war

My mother worked on the munitions at Basford in the old Barlock typewriters building and I can remember her...

Judith's Story.

I can remember the velvety texture and soft inside of my first one bought from a barrel at Portland Bill in...

Conciencious Siren / Fire Warden

MY Granddad David Murray came from Scotland I believe and he was a very religious Christian... There were...

Invasion of Jersey - Bill's story

He was a prisoner of war who had been in Jersey during the German Occupation....

Delayed in post

Marise Relf tried to write to her boyfriend Bob every day but had problems because she was only given the...

My Wedding

We got married in 1945 and went to the wedding on a bus. It was my Diamond Wedding Anniversary last week...

Getting married during the war

We applied to the Bishop of Southwell for a special license to get married and we did... I used to send...

In hospital

I was in hospital for eight weeks — six in the Leicester Royal Infirmary and two in Roecliffe Manor....

My Father’s Army Service September 2, 1939 to October 9, 1939 - Part 1

My dad was only in the army for a few weeks as shown in his discharge papers. I wrote the note to...

Munitions and Married During the War

I worked in munitions in Cosby in Leicestershire. You could either go into the Land Army, Forces or...

Waving Goodbye

It was a sad day when mum, me and my sister stood on Peterborough station waving goodbye to my two...

The Army Cadets Marching Band

On the day the war was declared, all the sirens went off, and the policemen went out on the front lawn at...

Blackberrying

I lived with my parents, my sister and my brother on a farm in Lincolnshire and this particular day my...

Memories and an Eternal Grudge

My Dad lived in Fanling village in Hong Kong during the Second World War. My Dad also said that he still...

Rationing

My mother and grandmother would sit me in my high chair as a toddler while they worked in the kitchen to...

1) We were unaware that war was imminent

Then, we were going up to a glacier on Mont Blanc, and the French didn't want us to go up there- so...

A Red Bike to Deliver Newspapers for WH Smith

I got myself a job delivering newspapers for Vacher's a paper shop in Mill Street Kidderminster for...

It's alright - it's only their nerves

I remember your brother used to have a loft of pigeons, and neck them to make pigeon pies — the first...